Program Overview

Dear Applicants,

The Anesthesiology residency program at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is structured to prepare physicians for careers as consultants in anesthesiology, in either academic medicine or private practice. Residents learn far more than safe techniques for anesthetic administration. They acquire the judgment and skills needed to care for complex patients and interact with physicians and other health care providers to ensure excellent care of patients in and outside the operating room environment.

We are very enthusiastic about our innovative integrated 4-year curriculum. It is innovative, as it is one of the few four-year programs in the country that integrates the clinical base rotations throughout the first three years of residency training. This approach is now becoming increasingly popular among other programs. We were one of the first to implement this continuum over 10 years ago. ACGME requirements are all followed for these rotations. We have selected rotations that will contribute to the experience and body of knowledge necessary to maximize the residents' education in becoming superior consultants of anesthesiology. Rotations increase in complexity as the resident increases in experience in both the clinical base and the clinical anesthesiology rotations. This allows the resident both to contribute more to each patient's care and to gain more depth of knowledge from their experience on every rotation. The yearly curriculum is shown in the chart below.

Thank you for your interest in our unique anesthesia residency program. We look forward to the opportunity to meet you in the upcoming recruitment season.